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2018 has been a landmark year for champions of sustainable business. Looking back reveals the biggest news events and most influential topics of the past year
December 31, 2018 by Holly Secon
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This article is drawn from the Circular Weekly newsletter from GreenBiz, running Fridays.It’s been quite a year for the circular economy, which has started to
December 28, 2018 by Lauren Phipps
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This year, I served on the judging panel for The Royal Statistical Society’s International Statistic of the Year.On Dec. 18, we announced the winner: 90.5
December 28, 2018 by Liberty Vittert
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What do your car, phone, soda bottle and shoes have in common? They’re all largely made from petroleum. This nonrenewable resource gets processed into a
December 7, 2018 by Jenna E. Gallegos
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This article is drawn from the Circular Weekly newsletter from GreenBiz, running Fridays.As some of our U.S. readers gear up to shop til you drop this Black
November 23, 2018 by Lauren Phipps
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Thanksgiving may be uniquely American, but its core spirit was exported from harvest festivals stretching back for millennia. Its essence is being grateful for
November 22, 2018 by Michael Carolan
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Adapted from "The Food Sharing Revolution: How Start-Ups, Pop-Ups, and Co-Ops are Changing the Way We Eat," (Published by Island Press, 2018)It is one of the
November 17, 2018 by Michael Carolan
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Cars, vans, trucks and buses are legally driving themselves on city streets and highways. Over 50 companies have licenses for autonomous vehicles (AV) in
November 13, 2018 by John Addison
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Week in ReviewTune in around 5:25 for a roundup of news.Here’s what it will take to get aviation biofuels off the groundHow financial innovation could ease the
November 9, 2018 by Heather Clancy
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"Society is telling us in unmistakable terms that we share equally with the public the responsibility for package retrieval and disposal. This industry has
November 8, 2018 by Jan Dell
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Amid public concern about the global plastic-pollution crisis, companies recently have begun stepping up their efforts to eliminate single-use plastics and do
November 5, 2018 by Shannon Bouton
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Week in ReviewTune in around 6:20 for a roundup of news.5 takeaways from the New Plastics Economy Global CommitmentClean Energy Deal Tracker: Novartis and J.M
November 2, 2018 by Heather Clancy
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Tech giant Apple has this week unveiled what it claims is its "greenest Mac ever" as part of a major product release designed to cement its market dominance in
November 2, 2018 by Madeleine Cuff
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Adapted from GreenBuzz, a weekly newsletter published Mondays.Commit. Collaborate. Communicate.That seems to be the mantra these days when it comes to tackling
October 31, 2018 by Joel Makower
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Earlier this month, Yale economist William Nordhaus was announced as this year’s co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics (along with Paul Romer, who we
October 26, 2018 by Joe Cortright
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Throwaway plastic items such as cutlery, cotton buds, straws and stirrers soon could be banned across Europe after MEPs backed measures to drive down the
October 26, 2018 by Michael Holder
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Over the last year, there has been a surge of interest in the problem of ocean plastic pollution. The media drumbeat began with the now-infamous turtle video,
October 17, 2018 by Rob Kaplan
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This article is drawn from the Circular Weekly newsletter from GreenBiz, running Fridays.One of the big, thorny challenges in circular plastics is how to
October 17, 2018 by Lauren Phipps
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Public awareness of the perils of plastic waste never has been higher, thanks to National Geographic’s June magazine dedicated to the problem. Company
October 15, 2018 by Meg Wilcox
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This article is drawn from the Circular Weekly newsletter from GreenBiz, running Fridays.The best solution isn’t always the most intuitive, such as preventing
October 2, 2018 by Lauren Phipps
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This column is about the "how" of sustainability business, featuring one significant change and how a leader (and team) made it happen. This time, it’s Bea
September 24, 2018 by Bob Langert
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Have you ever stopped to ask, why do we use so much plastic, especially in packaging? The answer depends on the type of packaging, but one overriding answer is
September 18, 2018 by Tony Kingsbury
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Over the past decade, 3D printing has captured the imagination of the general public, engineers and environmental visionaries. It has been hailed as both a
September 18, 2018 by Reid Lifset
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Part Two of a two-part series. Part One can be found here.The past year has seen a significant uptick in concern by activists, companies and others about the
September 11, 2018 by Joel Makower
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Part One of a two-part series. Part Two here.It is, in many ways, something out of the blue that everyone could see coming: an all-out battle against plastics
September 10, 2018 by Joel Makower